#4A1977#4A1977

#4A1977 is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.035; OKLCH L 34.5% C 0.149 H 302.8°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 12.38:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4A1977
RGB	rgb(74, 25, 119)
HSL	hsl(271, 65%, 28%)
HSV	hsv(271, 79%, 47%)
CMYK	cmyk(37.8%, 79%, 0%, 53.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(21.88, 41.19, -44.00)
CIE-LCH	lch(21.88, 60.27, 313.11°)
OKLab	oklab(34.52% 0.0809 -0.1255)
OKLCH	oklch(34.52% 0.149 302.8)
XYZ	xyz(6.5007, 3.4830, 17.7790)
Luminance	0.0348 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Royal Purple (survey)

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4A1977 #467719

analogous

#1B1977 #4A1977 #771975

triadic

#4A1977 #774A19 #19774A

tetradic

#4A1977 #771B19 #467719 #197577

square

#4A1977 #771B19 #467719 #197577

split-complementary

#4A1977 #757719 #19771B

monochromatic

#100519 #2B0E44 #4A1977 #6924AA #8936D5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

12.38

#4A1977 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.70

#4A1977 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #4A1977

12.38:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4A1977	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##4A1977	1.00	12.38	1.70	12.38
#FFFFFF	12.38	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.70	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	12.38	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#00347A

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#003475

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#413147

Achromatopsia (no color)

#343434

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4a1977;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(74, 25, 119);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(34.5% 0.149 302.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#815c9f',
    500: '#4a1977',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4a1977;
$custom-light: #815c9f;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4a1977",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 74,
    "g": 25,
    "b": 119
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 271.277,
    "s": 65.278,
    "l": 28.235
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.34518,
    "c": 0.14929,
    "h": 302.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.03483
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4A1977

secondary

#74AC40

accent

#E84090

background

#F8F5F9

surface

#EFE9F2

border

#CAC5CC

text

#0B040F

muted

#7C797E

Preview Lab

Preview with #4A1977

Body copy rendered with the generated semantic roles for this colour.

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